A Ukrainian sabotage group has blown up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in the Kharkiv region, and there are casualties among the civilian population, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"On June 5, at about 21:00 Moscow time (18:00 GMT), a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group blew up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline near the settlement Masyutivka in the Kharkiv Region," the ministry said.
The explosion of the ammonia pipeline was designated as a terrorist attack, there are victims among the civilian population, they "received the necessary medical assistance."
"Currently, ammonia residues are being drained from the Ukrainian territory through the damaged sections of the pipeline. There are no casualties among Russian soldiers," the ministry said.
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The restoration of the section of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline damaged by an explosion can take one to three months if access to the damaged site is available, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
Moscow will make every effort to clarify the circumstances of the incident, but the only country that has never been interested in resuming the operation of the pipeline is Ukraine, the diplomat added.
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Moscow said Wednesday that a Ukrainian “sabotage” group had blown up a section of the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia before the start of the offensive.
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Moscow will make efforts to find out the circumstances of the explosion of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline, but it is already obvious that it was never Kiev that was interested in resuming its operation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
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According to the diplomat, the restoration of the damaged ammonia pipeline will take one to three months. "According to preliminary estimates, the repair and restoration work [on the ammonia pipeline] will take about one to three months, provided that the site is accessible," Zakharova said.
The diplomat pointed out that the ammonia pipeline was key to global food security, with 2 million tons of raw material pumped through it annually and used to produce fertilizer "enough to feed 45 million people."
"Thus, the Kiev regime has not only eliminated the physical possibility of supplying ammonia to world markets, but it has also dealt a blow to the overall efforts to combat hunger and help needy countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as to the personal efforts of UN Secretary-General [Antonio] Guterres, who has put forward a separate initiative on the ammonia pipeline and, more generally, proposed the Istanbul grain deal, whose humanitarian significance is unfortunately diminishing before our eyes," she added.